Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Oisy-le-Verger
Coordinates: 50°15′03″N 3°07′29″E / 50.2508°N 3.1247°E / 50.2508; 3.1247Coordinates: 50°15′03″N 3°07′29″E / 50.2508°N 3.1247°E / 50.2508; 3.1247
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Marquion
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Léger
Area1	11.36 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population (2206)2	1,297
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62638 / 62860
Elevation	32–77 m (105–253 ft) (avg. 78 m or 256 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Oisy-le-Verger is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography[edit]

Oisy-le-Verger is a farming village situated 15 miles (24 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D21 and D14 roads.

Population[edit]

Places of interest[edit]

• The church of St. Didier, dating from the twentieth century.
• Traces of an old castle and watermill.
• Remains of the Cistercian abbey founded in 1227.
• A pre-Roman menhir.
• The museum, housed in the mairie (town hall).

Town hall of Oisy-le-Verger

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links[edit]

• Oisy-le-Verger on the Quid website (French)